Attack of the Earthlings
In Attack Of The Earthlings you embrace the opportunity of playing the oppressed alien natives simply protecting your home planet from the ruthlessly ignorant human invaders, as you claw, stab, pulp, and pulverise your way up the corporate ladder of the Galactoil company and put a halt to their invasion.
Integral to this game is it’s sense of humour, akin to Borderlands and Portal in the video game world, and Office Space and Mars Attacks in the film world, with Galactoil (the corporate representation of space-faring humanity) as a pseudo-functioning corporate hegemony operating with a casual disregard for employees coupled with an ironic motivational propaganda machine in a modern office-space environment. There are so many little touches incorporated into the level design alone that really imbue this humour and help world and character-build in what could otherwise be seen as a very short and superficial game. This humour is also more obviously threaded through the hapless characters and their dialogue and interactions with each other and the AI/robots throughout, which as you play gradually reveals more of the antagonist’s motives and frustrations as you pick them apart and upset their plans (or just overhear comedic character monologues and watch as robots respond benignly to your presence).
– Real player with 14.9 hrs in game
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So what can i say about Attack of the Earthlings really? Well let me start off by saying this game has a ton of personality and it will make you laugh at times. If you’re a Sci fi fan like me, you’ve probably tried one of those classic sci fi horror/action games where you’re playing as an astronaut on a space station trying to avoid getting eaten by some alien scum. Well in this fun and exciting strategy game it’s pretty much the exact same type of scenario but you’re playing as the aliens. There’s not really much of a story to this game. Basically a massive company and it’s rich owner has decided to mine your planet for resources cause why the fuck not? And you, the leader of the alien race doesn’t exactly allow outsiders inside your territory. So you do the most rational thing and start assassinating the average joe workers of this massive company, then use their biomass to produce an army of lower lifeforms under your command to assassinate even more humans! :D You can create 4 different unit types and they’re all totally unique creations with special abilities that fit different playstyles. In the beginning i thought i had to use all 3 different evolutions (Out of the 4 creatures you can spawn 1 of them is the default non-evolved alien drone) but it turned out that you should really only stick to the xenos that suit your personal playstyle. I didn’t hear about this game from some big youtuber, or anything. I just happended to get it recommended by Steam one day and thought ‘‘hey that’s a neat concept and it’s on sale!’’ There’s also a small progression system in the game that allows you to upgrade your units and give them new and improved abilities. The game takes about 11-12 hours to finish if you’re just doing a casual playthrough and you fail a few missions (Like i did) Each mission is really fun cause no mission has the same objective. There’s no difficulty options in the game, and there’s unfortunately no new game+… This is the bad part of the game, you see you can’t replay levels unless you have an old save file right before the level you want to play. If you don’t then you need to replay the level until you get to the level you want to replay. However there is only about 7-8 levels in total so it’s not like getting to a specific level is hard. Each level feels new and unique due to each level having it’s own objectives that are all totally different from one another. Overall i’d give Attack of the Earthlings a solid 7/10. Would recommend, even at full price if you’re into strategy games and don’t mind the low difficulty. Now go out there and nom some humans :3
– Real player with 13.9 hrs in game
Skulls of the Shogun
Genius… PURE GENIUS on an epic level.
This is by far one of the most dynamic strategy board games I have ever played… I’m not comparing this to “Warhammer,” so don’t think I’m referring to some near-perfect Massive Masterfully Complex game like that… this is more twice to four times the size of chess to some degree, with about the same number of pieces Type wise i.e. King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn… In “Skulls of the Shogun,” you have; General (Shogun), Calvary, Infantry, Archer, Fox Monk, Salamander Monk, Crow Monk, and Tonuki Monk. The Monks are pieces you get at ‘Summoning Shrines’ strategically placed in each ‘Map Board’ you can choose to play on. F.Y.I. There is a great selection of Map Boards to play on that all offer totally different dynamics of Method and Strategy. Going back to the types of pieces and their comparison, the monks are like the queen, they all offer different abilities and depending on the map can be more valuable then others, however, it’s all on how you play and the strategy you can come up with to adapt to any scenario that an opponent may throw at you. There is so much sophisticated beauty to how this game is designed. There is even a comparison to a small degree to checkers with all of this, as all of your pieces can consume the enemy bone Skulls to upgrade or evolve them into a super piece/unit that if enough are consumed (3 total) gets an additional action and depending on the Monk Piece you use, also gets an additional spell for every Skull consumed in addition to the added action.
– Real player with 76.4 hrs in game
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I’ve played a few strategy games. I find most of the time they take a while to get going. You sit patiently as you build your army until you are strong enough to crush your opponent. This is not that kind of game. It is usually quite fast paced. This makes it great for casual gaming. You can jump on and do a quick match against the ai. Alternatively you can play the campaign which is a bit more difficult.
There are three basic units, the archer, the horseman, and the footman. The archer is arguably the best as they do the most damage and of course do it at range, however they have the lowest defence so if you get in close enough, they will die very quickly. Your most important unit is your general. If they die, you loose. There are also monks that have different abilities that you can get from capturing shrines. A map won’t always have a shrine but when it does, you can usually only find one type of monk.
– Real player with 68.5 hrs in game
The Curse Of Esrevni
The Curse Of Esrevni is a 2-4 player multiplayer board game. The aim of the game is to survive by getting rid of various obstacles and traps. In the meantime, you can set various traps on your opponents. Anything can happen, be careful! Don’t give up !
Features
_Ascending level game system
Trap setting
Attack the opponent
Skill cards
Lucky cards
Freecam_
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Monochrome RPG Episode 1: The Maniacal Morning
In this 1920s cartoon turn-based comedy RPG you’ll take to the stage using a variety of toons to entertain foes in your way as you help Otto the shy comedian in their epic quest to…make it to work on time??? Are you ready to joke and laugh your way through a rowdy roommate, buff bees, and big bullies?
Core Features
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Journey through a 1920s cartoon world
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Go on stage to outperform your foes
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Giggle through a pun-filled narrative
Otto, a shy non-binary rabbit-like toon lives in the outskirts of the cartoon city of entertainment, Vaudeville after a terrible accident that crushed their hopes and dreams. Later rumors of dubious happenings have begun spreading across Vaudeville. As Otto wakes up to begin heading to work their morning begins to unfold in a maniacal fashion!
Agent Awesome
My playtime: 22.8h (based on steam).
Grindy Achievement: Yes (1 achievement).
Optional Achievement: Yes (45 achievements).
Difficult Achievement: No.
Developer Response: No (last response is in 18 Feb 2015).
*Note that around 13 achievements are bugged.
Intro
Agent Awesome is a turn based stealth game where you play as an agent which plans to wipe out everyone in his previous company. There are 12 levels in total and each level can be completed in a few minutes to a few hours (if you retry a lot of times).
– Real player with 374.5 hrs in game
My playtime: 22.8h (based on steam).
Grindy Achievement: Yes (1 achievement).
Optional Achievement: Yes (38 achievements).
Difficult Achievement: No.
Developer Response: No (last response is in 18 Feb 2015).
*Note that around 3 achievements are unlocked randomly.
Intro
Agent Awesome is a turn based stealth game where you play as an agent which plans to wipe out everyone in his previous company. There are 12 levels in total and each level can be completed in a few minutes to a few hours (if you retry a lot of times).
– Real player with 31.9 hrs in game
Worms Revolution
Worms Physics Revolution
At its core, Worms Revolution is another Worm clone with modern graphics.
That said, WR does bring its own brand new elements to the game that set it, if not above, equal with most of its predecessors.
The core game is still the same great combo of;
🔸 Turn based team warfare,
🔹 Tons of weapons,
🔸 Dozens of tools,
🔹 Endless random maps,
🔸 It’s own quirky worm comedy,
🔹 Single player champing,
🔸 Puzzle / Challenges,
What Worms Revolution adds;
– Real player with 420.5 hrs in game
If you don’t know Worms, you have missed something in life. There is nothing in this world comparable to the sweet brutality of the warfare of these tiny little jerks. They put sticks of dynamite on each others' heads, throw explosive bananas, holy grenades and now even water bombs, let sheep and skunks explode, shoot with guns and water pistols, launch air-strikes and smash each other through the air with a good old smack on the head, executed with a baseball bat.
I used to play Worms 2 as a 12-years-old, and more than two decades later, I still love this game series. The combination of a totally original gameplay, outstanding humour and yet being a serious strategy game make it a winner.
– Real player with 80.6 hrs in game
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
After hundreds of hours and over 10 years, I figured it’s about time I sit down and write a review for this masterpiece in gaming history. This gem holds a very special place in my heart, and it will forever be one of my all-time favorite games. To me, this is Team17’s magnum opus. It doesn’t get any better than this. It is the reason I first began to engage with the Steam community years ago when I created the Worms Ultimate Mayhem Militia with my brother, and it’s the reason I have hundreds of friends on Steam today. To put it quite simply, Worms Ultimate Mayhem isn’t just a game, it’s one of my passions. I know the new Rumble has beautiful graphics and a much larger playerbase, and the 2D games like Armageddon are beloved and often regarded as best, but in my humble opinion this is the greatest Worms game there is.
– Real player with 362.6 hrs in game
Worms 3D + Worms 4 Mayhem together, with remastered graphics? Awesome!
All is good, good except the lack of effort put into it.
I almost feel like they were doing something good but quit half-way because deadlines or something, they didn’t even do much follow up after release besides patching game-breaking bugs that didn’t allow people to play at all. If I’m recalling correctly the beta correctly, they were trying to put the teleporter utility back in, but ended up not for who knows what reason (although I never got to play it at that time personally due to game launching bugs, so I watched someone else also in the beta who could).
– Real player with 176.7 hrs in game
Disgaea 4 Complete+
If you’ve never played a Disgaea before:
TL;DR: Best Disgaea to start if you want to enter in the franchise’s world.
This is a Strategy RPG. You have story, characters and all that RPG jazz, but the combat plays like chess. Well, over-the-top anime-flavored chess with huge numbers showing on your screen to represent damage and your stats to be more specific.
The Disgaea franchise has 3 characteristics that can define the entire franchise:
- A wacky story that has a slight serious tone to keep things going. The massacre of the fourth wall and the ridicule of anime tropes are expected.
– Real player with 537.9 hrs in game
The Disgaea series is arguably the best Japanese strategy RPGs ever made, at least in terms of gameplay. There’s so many deep game mechanics to delve into, and they’re designed for a long end-game, grinding up level 9999, and beyond. It may sound like a boring grindfest, but the part I like about their endgame is that they’re all designed around the idea of exponential growth. If you’re just mindlessly fighting the same map ad infinitum, you’re doing it wrong. This game is all about coming up with schemes for levelling up as efficiently as possible. Or you can skip the endgame and just play it as a very solid strategy JRPG. If you ignore the endgame, you can make it through with minimal grinding, though the fights could get fairly challenging by the end.
– Real player with 320.6 hrs in game
Fantasy Town Regional Manager
This game was not what I was expecting. I thought it would be something like SimCity where you endlessly expand your town. But this game isn’t meant for you to build a long term town right out of the gate. You are expected to create a town, accomplish some small goals and quests, earn upgrade points and then - when your town crashes and burns - unlock some upgrades and start over again.
I’ve played for 16 hours and have yet to fully unlock all of the upgrades. I have unlocked all of the buildings and it is starting to get a little repetitive but I can see this as a fun game to come back to after a break and play a few rounds to pass the time.
– Real player with 16.4 hrs in game
Fun, engaging, eases you into some interesting complexities
I love how vibrant the game is, which is thanks to the music, the cute colours, the little people moving about the buildings, and the amount of story it’s able to fit in with the newspaper and your own gameplay.
That’s all drawn me in, but what’s kept me playing is seeing more new buildings appear, then deciding how their placement might affect the satisfaction of each class of adventurers. It starts off simple enough but when you’re ready, you’re able to introduce modifiers that impact the way you play even further.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
War of the Human Tanks - ALTeR
Welp, this certainly was a pleasent surprise. who would have thought that having a cute army of tank girls would be so interesting. The music is also interesting and I never tire of the battle/death cries of my, and my enemies, troops.
In the story there are acouple minutes of dialouge then a skirmish. For the battles, you must deploy a tank that acts like a king in chess, if she dies you lose (you can even have multiple). then you can make other units (if it is within the maps unit cap) like artillary (slow but long/wide range) shock tanks (fast/cheap/suicide explosion), assault tanks (medium speed, medium attack range) and much more. There is a fog of war, so you must proceed with care to find the enemy through scouting and prediction based on where you see them fire. You must build and upgrade your units by using supplies from winning or losing battles, so you may have to grind in the caverns or in free battles if you cannot preserve your troops.
– Real player with 70.0 hrs in game
This game… this goddarn game.
I’m not exactly sure where to start, so first off: this game is absolutely fantastic! I haven’t played EVERYTHING yet (still need to get Glitch-Heshiko and play the 2 or 3 optional Floor 90+ Battles), but still. The combination of Visual Novel and (Semi-)turn based Strategy game is beautiful and really well balanced, most if not almost all the tanks have their use and encourage players to figure out their favorite strategies and the Modules and combination of them just add to the fun (I still have fun giving my Peko-Peko a Tank Life ensurance and just making her explode, achieving absolutely nothing… I’m an Idiot.).
– Real player with 69.3 hrs in game